Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 571 Bc Death: 495 Bc
Despise all those things which when liberated from the body you will not want; invoke the Gods to become your helpers..
A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy..
Those alone are dear to Divinity who are hostile to injustice..
Thou shalt likewise know that according to Law, the nature of this universe is in all things a like..
Thought is an Idea in transit, which when once released, never can be lured back, nor the spoken word recalled..
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body..
Friends share all things..
So tutor youth that the sins of age be not imputed to thee..
Practice restraint over the following: appetite, first, as well as sleep, lust, and anger..
Truth is to be sought with a mind purified from the passions of the body. Having overcome evil things, thou shalt experience the union of the union m….
Let a man use great reverence and manners to himself..
There are men and gods, and beings like Pythagoras..
Astonishing! Everything is intelligent!.
Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few..
The beginning of every government starts with the education of our youth..
In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on..
Let exercise alternate with rest..
A good Soul hath neither too great joy, nor too great sorrow: for it rejoiceth in goodness; and it sorroweth in wickedness. By the means whereof, whe….
When going to the temple to adore Divinity neither say nor do any thing in the interim pertaining to the common affairs of life..
There are in woman's eyes two sorts of tears,--the one of grief, the other of deceit..
Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe..